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A History of the County of Somerset
… we have already noticed we hardly expect them to breed upon our coasts. It is however from autumn to spring that the … on Steep Holm, and one or two eyries are perhaps left upon the coast. The species is reported to have bred formerly …
A History of the County of Somerset
… are little more than sketches for others to enlarge upon, and are drawn up chiefly from my own collections, made …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which the spiders hang and capture the prey as it falls upon the sheet. 11. Araneus diadematus (Clerck). Leigh Woods … student of natural history employs himself chiefly just upon those portions to which the consumer is most … which the finger closes like the jointed lid shutting down upon the body of a lady's card-case. In the second pair of …